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Lindsay Pattison: Working Mums: An Asset to Our Business

2013-05-16T19:00:00Z

Being super-organised is another essential part of the package. Coordinating school drop-offs and pick-ups and after-school activities around the working day means that working mums have to focus and plan their time precisely.

Elaine Benton: No Bucket List for Me

2013-05-15T19:00:00Z

So although like most people, I have a "bucket list" I decided being optimistic at heart, I would need to call my wish list something else that was more appropriate, and so I have a "Pink List". Why a "Pink List" you may well ask? Well if you are sitting comfortably then I'll tell you why pink became significant to me.

Realbuzz.com: How to Feel Fabulous First Thing

2013-05-13T19:00:00Z

Do you find yourself craving your morning dose of caffeine before your finger has even left the snooze button? Struggle to get motivated before 12pm? It's time to ditch the morning blues with these tips to feel fabulous first thing.

Grant Feller: Save Me From Mumsnet!

2013-05-14T19:00:00Z

The low point probably came several months ago when I raced upstairs, put on my best suit and pretended to go off to work. It was 5pm and the children were due back from school. The truth that I wasn't able to tell them was that I had lost my job 72 hours earlier and was acting out this increasingly ridiculous charade partly out of shame, embarrassment and, well, I just didn't know what to say.

Dan Roberts: Avoidance and Anxiety: Why Avoiding What You Fear Doesn't Help

2013-05-13T10:16:42Z

When you are anxious about something, the most natural thing in the world is to avoid it. It's common sense: if something seems frightening, unpleasant or overwhelming, your first impulse is to escape it.

Suzanne de Janasz: New Job? Don't Just Negotiate Salary, Negotiate Expectations as Well

2013-05-07T19:00:00Z

You are offered the job you've always wanted. At last--recognition for all your hard work and achievement. Surely, your spouse and children will be just as happy as you are. Or will they?

Julia Brunton: BRAND YOU: What Hollywood Taught Me About Building A Winning Personal Brand

2013-05-08T05:26:55Z

Arriving in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 2005 with a strong career history behind me, a positive attitude and English accent, I thought I was well equipped to hit the ground running. It soon became apparent that brand Julia would have to adapt and enhance her gentile English ways if she was going to progress in Tinseltown.

Deborah C Dooley: Writing Space

2013-05-07T10:57:23Z

'I mean, it's not as if we don't have it,' she said hurriedly. 'Our savings account is very healthy.'
I nodded, forgetting for a moment that she couldn't see me and then hoping that she'd sense my understanding. I felt saddened that like so many others, she felt that the love affair she was having with writing wasn't worthy of her time and money. That she didn't deserve to have this passion in her life.

Jayne Morris: Wake Up Call for the UK Workforce

2013-05-07T19:00:00Z

The work life balance of our nation is incredibly important if we are to ensure economic growth. Longer working hours may enable increased productivity but only as a short-term measure. We are not robots. Eventually our systems fail and everything will come crashing to a standstill unless we find way to preserve health and wellbeing as a priority.

Dr Raj Persaud: Does Anyone Still Believe in Hard Work? New Research Reveals Whether the Work Ethic Exists

2013-04-29T19:00:00Z

Working hard is intrinsically a good and moral thing to do - the so-called 'Work Ethic' - does this really exist? Is the work ethic even regarded as a good thing any more? 'Work-life balance' is all the vogue, so perhaps the 'work ethic' destroys family life and over all contentment?

Realbuzz.com: How to Bounce Back From Anything

2013-04-25T19:00:00Z

Life is filled with setbacks and unexpected twists and turns. However, in the words of Aldous Huxley, "Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you." By mastering some simple coping techniques, you can turn your luck around and get back on your feet, whatever life throws your way. Here are seven ways to bounce back from anything.

James E. Stevenson: Tackling Digital Discrimination

2013-04-24T05:26:10Z

The way we work is changing. The days of sitting at a desk for the standard 9-5 are slowly ebbing away. Once considered to be the most efficient way to measure the value of an employee's output, many jobs no longer require individuals to be office bound.

Kevan Hall: Power, Morality and Role

2013-04-22T14:01:35Z

We are all defined by a range of relationships, boss and subordinate, parent and child, friend, sibling, etc. Correct action in each of these relationships may be slightly different - but they all have their own distinct morality and pattern of action and reaction.

Laura Price: Coping With Cancer's Ugly Sister: Guilt

2013-04-22T19:00:00Z

Of all the feelings you expect to go through when you're diagnosed with this deadly disease, guilt is not top of the list. Yet almost all the fellow cancer survivors I've met since my diagnosis say they've felt guilt to some degree.

Richard Grayson: Gove Needs to Learn About Teachers

2013-04-20T06:36:51Z

While it is common for people to lament teachers 'knocking off at 3.30' and 'getting six weeks in the summer', the very large number of state school teachers I know have very different lives. They work well after 3.30 each day, often into the early hours, and certainly every evening.

Peter Cheese: Effective Measurement Is Vital to Drive the Progress of Employee Engagement and Wellbeing

2013-04-19T06:37:39Z

There is now plenty of accumulated research and evidence that shows the links between positive workforce engagement and performance, and measures such as customer satisfaction and innovation, as highlighted in the Engage for Success paper 'Nailing the evidence' launched in November last year.

Taylor Glenn: Top Ten Fears of Impending Motherhood

2013-04-15T19:00:00Z

There's no maternity leave in comedy. Well, there is, but the fear is it could be indefinite, and it's most certainly unpaid. The majority of industry people have been great, but I have had the occasional 'Oh, you're pregnant? OK bye, loser!' moments.

Katy Campbell: The Quarter-Life Crisis

2013-04-10T19:00:00Z

What is a quarter-life crisis? It's a period where a person begins to feel doubtful about their life; this is brought on by the stress and fear of being an adult.

Richard Moran: Top Tips for Prospective Part-Time Students

2013-04-08T18:24:56Z

Many part-time time students find that they are completing a full-time course over an extended timeframe. Universities and colleges used to dealing with full time students might need reminding that you have other responsibilities alongside your course.

Planet Ivy: Is Google a Cult?

2013-04-08T19:00:00Z

If our top ten blogger is to be taken at (stupidly grinning) face value, then Google are breeding an army of employees that cannot envision a world without Google, a world where the latest Google plugin is a digital Mother Teresa.

Malcolm Levene: Personal Branding - It's A Stretch

2013-04-08T11:03:04Z

Of late, I've been coaching a few men and women who would benefit from improving their personal style. It's as if they have a blind spot when it comes to their personal taste regarding their appearance.

Mike Shaw: Time for Bosses to Open Up on Mental Health

2013-04-05T19:00:00Z

Unfortunately, there will always be levels of prejudice and discrimination against people with mental health problems, mostly unseen and untraceable. However, introducing legislation at least addresses the legally anomaly of mental health discrimination.

Karan Chadda: Train Punctuality: Are We Measuring the Wrong Thing?

2013-04-02T16:52:10Z

Here's a question that's not often asked: what if train punctuality is a false measure? Perhaps commuter punctuality is what we should really care about? Instead of the number of trains getting to stations on time, perhaps we would get more useful information if we tracked the number of people being delivered to stations on time.

Paul Bailey: Start Building a Healthy Self-Esteem Today

2013-03-31T19:00:00Z

Building a healthy self esteem can do wonders for your life. The way you deal with people on a personal and professional level are all affected by how you perceive yourself. Having a low level of self confidence may greatly affect your life; you end up having a harder time performing at work, maintaining healthy relationships, and enjoying life.

Abi S. Wright: Why I'm Not A 'Mumpreneur'

2013-03-27T06:15:17Z

In the four years since starting Spabreaks.com , I have donned two hats: one as an entrepreneur, and the other as a mum. As my little boy (who is not...